Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce6b605dc895216a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:31:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e4fddc4a3ffbdac7486b482eb81e0c9a SHA-1: 386bcf4b4d1f768d82cb7c53e724f05d808c32b9 SHA-256: ce6b605dc895216a99152269cd1fd538a66f0053046b6180b89982d8c8fe813c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further redirect the user. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flipboard+best+news+apps+android PDF link annotation
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60144162698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36644810654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ghi6aiolaeifcqm76qes5uae/badabafelomuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/76251842136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutomuxalitijovabitoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/70768374337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/zawap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///rolemes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.com/filespath/files/20210905015001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/bijedufolugajofebokiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613870559cdc6---nomisitezuzog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/serojeduneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/zefigitexejolokoligede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/laboxelovofigirotivugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c8a4b1e4a2---58893299687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatename.com/uploads/files/202109110950366709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/68274865121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/29520415686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/59609193075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/dakutubazewodusogejabipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79986099266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d4d5d6d6c---48692018924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394d521193e---vawepavepinog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/kodaxizinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ki2vmrc030kud6mk60sl3j3d93/25477042505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF07 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 6fa60d2eb8ad6896e3a668137e7153ebab96af1dca18bc423c1b725783235954
font_01_sfnt_off00011cba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBA 10588 bytes
SHA-256: d43cc01e852fc5561e6635d23deaf781c14dbd441945a761719adaf2d806feb7
font_02_sfnt_off000134ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1